didn't you just move? Oh yeah...military....I kid you not...sometimes I didn't even know where my children were.....my daughter once had orders to go to the Phillipines...and when she was in the plane, they came running out on the tarmac and handed her different orders...I thought she was in the Phillipines for 3 days before I found out she was in Japan...hahaha...

I would think flooding / storm. Not much high ground to be had there. Hard to find topo lines in Terrain view on Google maps. Major access is by bridge or down a long peninsula. The closest I've been is Williamsburg.

I suppose the other major hazard is that you'd be a military target. But you doubtless realize that.

Do I treat Glocks like I treat my lawn mowers? No, I treat them worse. I treat my defensive weapons like my fire extinguishers and smoke detector - annual maintenance and I expect them to work when needed

Well, after the top 5 (which was all they asked for anyway) it mostly degenerates to "which posting do I want to avoid the most?"

I asked the assignments officer, and he said that he tried to give everyone something that was on their list, but some postings showed up on too few lists, or none at all, so some folks got short straws.

I have lived in this area my entire life. Even with what we call major storms, outages can be spotty. After Isabel, we had our power back by noon the next day. My sister lives less than 10 miles away, and they were out for 13 days. The neighborhood starting right across the street from me were out for 7 days. We made a lot of ice during those two weeks. If you choose to live on the peninsula, you need to check carefully the area you stay in. Parts of Newport News and Hampton are pretty scary. But, if you live on the southside, you have to go thru the tunnels every day. That is a daily nightmare. I live in Chesapeake, that's southside. It's pretty nice if you can live and work in the same area. I drive 1.7 miles to work, where my wife drives about 12 miles into Downtown Norfolk. Closest Target is 6.8 miles away. But, in this area, that's about as far as you can get. If you have any questions I'd be glad to help. Good Luck. And, welcome to the neighborhood. There is a lot to do and see around here.

The Mrs and I went house hunting last week, looking the the Yorktown and Williamsburg areas. One house we looked at, in the Queens Creek area of Williamsburg (just south of the Camp Peary green block on google maps), actually had a generator and properly kitted out breaker box. The owner said they actually lost power for over a week due to one of this summer's hurricanes (not Sandy). Downed trees were the culprit. Unfortunately, that house is a less than ideal set up for our family (one of the bedrooms is outfitted as a permanent office, with built-in shelves and desk. We need all the bedrooms to be bedrooms.)

I'm figuring on buying a genset to make sure we have power during hurricane season.

It's really nice up that way. A generator is a good idea. But, more dangerous than the hurricanes around here are the Nor'easters. They can, at times, last for days. Between the wind and the rain, trees start falling and low areas flood. I think what makes them more dangerous, is people around here think that if it doesn't have a name, it can't be bad. With the coast shaped the way it is, a hurricane has to come in just right to get bad. A Nor'easter just keeps beating until things start to break. Up your way there is a little more elevation with less flooding. But, there is water everywhere around here.

I am loving all the history in the area, though. One of the houses we looked at (we really like it, but it's empty right now, and most likely won't be available when we move in June) is less than 2 miles from the visitor's center for the Yorktown battlefield. Plus colonial Williamsburg, and all the Civil War stuff. I'm going to have some fun with all of that.

And we homeschool our kids, so there's lots of stuff for them to learn about.

I am loving all the history in the area, though. One of the houses we looked at (we really like it, but it's empty right now, and most likely won't be available when we move in June) is less than 2 miles from the visitor's center for the Yorktown battlefield. Plus colonial Williamsburg, and all the Civil War stuff. I'm going to have some fun with all of that.

And we homeschool our kids, so there's lots of stuff for them to learn about.

You'll have to look up Nancy R. She'll have you all in period costume in no time.

That area is really good for learning history. Most of the people working in the historical areas really know the topic. With no PC restraints. It seems every time I go to Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown or Yorktown, I pick up another little bit of something really interesting. There are also a lot of museums around too. Try the Mariners Museum. That is one of my favorites. They are preserving the USS Monitor there. It's a really neat place.

Do I treat Glocks like I treat my lawn mowers? No, I treat them worse. I treat my defensive weapons like my fire extinguishers and smoke detector - annual maintenance and I expect them to work when needed